SCOOP: Pima County Sheriff’s Office Collaborated With Border Patrol Despite Claims It Doesn’t, Lawsuit Alleges.

Pima County’s top cop says he doesn’t tell his deputies to enforce federal immigration laws. A court case says deputies handed over people, anyway.

By: John Washington (he/him)

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Published: March 26, 2026

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Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Civil rights lawyers are accusing deputies with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department of handing people over to Border Patrol, despite repeated claims from its top cop Sheriff Chris Nanos that it does not collaborate with federal police to enforce immigration violations.

Court documents filed by the ACLU of Arizona against Nanos on Wednesday detail incidents between 2021 and 2023 in which deputies contacted and coordinated with Border Patrol agents regarding people who were suspected of …

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